The conference looked at what is arguably the most contested idea of the twenty first century: Nationalism, examining the construction of the concept of nationalism, the idea of what is an anti-national, the role of oral history, art and iconography in nationalism. Through discussion and debate, participants looked at ways in which these topics might be brought into the classroom—thereby opening up the school into a space for addressing relevant issues such as these. Speakers included, among others, Euroclio ambassador Catharina Veldhuis-Meester, Parismita Singh, Zainab Akhter, Janaki Nair, Deepa Srinivas, Malik Sajad, Yousuf Saeed, Jerry Pinto and Abeer Gupta.
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Contents
Nationalism in India: Past and Present
IRFAN HABIB
Nationalism: Pre and Post-Independent India
RAJNI BAKSHI & GULAN KRIPALANI IN CONVERSATION
Nationalism and the School Curriculum
DEVI KAR, ANIL SETHI, NILANJANA GUPTA, JOYEETA DEY PANEL DISCUSSION
Nationalism and Identity
BANI ABIDI & PRATEEK RAJA IN CONVERSATION
Dreaming of Revolution: Student Politics and the Radical Left in 1960s Calcutta
MEHER ALI
Bollywood as National[ist] Cinema
JERRY PINTO
Sculpting the Citizen: History, Pedagogy and the Amar Chitra Katha
DEEPA SREENIVAS
Popular Art of the ‘Two Nations’ in the Mid-Twentieth Century
YOUSUF SAEED
NATIONALISM, BORDERS AND CONSTRUCTION
Voices from the Ground
ZAINAB AKHTER
India-Pakistan Partition: ‘Balti’ Voices from Ladakh
PARISMITA SINGH
Politics of Representation: The Idea of North Eastern Writing
ABEER GUPTA, ZAINAB AKHTER, PARISMITA SINGH